From e242c973d3fb8926512b7f6064e76a674d1e4f45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathias Eek <mathias.eek@statnett.no>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:19:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: encode empty merge_requests body as JSON object instead
 of array

When choose_merge_request() is called without arguments, the body
function returns an empty Lua table {} which vim.json.encode serializes
as a JSON array []. The Go server expects a JSON object and fails with:
'cannot unmarshal array into Go value of type ListProjectMergeRequestsOptions'

Using vim.empty_dict() ensures the empty table is encoded as {} instead.
---
 lua/gitlab/state.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/gitlab/state.lua b/lua/gitlab/state.lua
index 64e5f8ab..7a570e8d 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/state.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/state.lua
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ M.dependencies = {
         opts["not[label]"] = opts.notlabel
         opts.notlabel = nil
       end
-      return opts or {}
+      return opts or vim.empty_dict()
     end,
   },
   merge_requests_by_username = {